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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 244 (Thursday, December 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 103782-103783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30225]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; 
Manufacturing Extension Partnership, Management Information Reporting

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance

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with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the date of 
publication of this notice. We invite the general public and other 
Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information 
collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information 
collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. 
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on 
September 9, 2024 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows 
for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 
Commerce.
    Title: Manufacturing Extension Partnership Management Information 
Reporting.
    OMB Control Number 0693-0032.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular, extension of a current information 
collection.
    Number of Respondents: 51.
    Average Hours per Response: 22 Hours for Quarterly Review, 6 Hours 
for Semi-Annual Review, 30 hours for the Annual Review; 80 hours for 
Panel Review.
    Burden Hours: 6,630 hours for quarterly, semi-annual and annual 
review; and 1,360 hours for Panel Review.
    Needs and Uses: NIST MEP offers technical and business solutions to 
small- and medium-sized manufacturers to improve their productivity, 
improve profitability, and enhance their economic competitiveness. This 
is a major program which links all 50 states and Puerto Rico and the 
manufacturers through more than 425 affiliated MEP Centers and Field 
Offices. NIST MEP has many legislative and contractual requirements for 
collecting data and information from the MEP Centers. This information 
is used for the following purposes: (1) Program Accountability, (2) 
Reports to Stakeholders, (3) Continuous Improvement; and (4) 
Identification of Distinctive Practices.
    Affected Public: Private sector.
    Frequency: Quarterly, Semi-Annually, and Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain benefits.
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB 
Control Number 0693-0032.

Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-30225 Filed 12-18-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-13-P
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